Make this cheerful poem a part of your October learning! Download “October’s Party” by George Cooper to read with your children and guide you as you look for signs of October in the trees where you live.

Use the lovely page to:

• read and/or memorize in your morning time 
• do a scavenger hunt to see how many tree types mentioned you can find
• look up vocabulary
• add it to your notebooking
• display on the wall

So many ways to learn with one poem!

“October’s Party” by George Cooper

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came-
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.

The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.

The Chestnuts came in yellow,
The Oaks in crimson dressed;
The lovely Misses Maple
In scarlet looked their best;

All balanced to their partners,
And gaily fluttered by;
The sight was like a rainbow
New fallen from the sky.

Then, in the rustic hollow,
At hide-and-seek they played,
The party closed at sundown,
And everybody stayed.

Professor Wind played louder;
They flew along the ground;
And then the party ended
In jolly “hands around.”

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